Details
1-day course
CPD Credit: 6 hours; Competence/s: 1
Course Delivery Options
Course Overview
Water regulations worldwide place a responsibility on water undertakers to apply appropriate treatment processes to ensure the water discharged to the environment and supplied to customers is safe. There is a need to ensure those working to produce drinking water have been equipped with the correct knowledge to enable them to do this effectively. Upon course completion, delegates will have:
- Built greater expertise and capability in a range of treatment areas, including Chlorination, RO Desalination and UV Disinfection.
- Gained the technical knowledge to allow challenges in these areas to be effectively dealt with.
Course Programme
The course is interactive, with a mix of lecture, group discussion, and exercises to facilitate an engaging learner experience. Those working with water treatment processes will develop the required knowledge to address treatment challenges through modules covering the following topic areas:
Water Quality Characteristics:
- Introduction to Water Treatment
- Physical Properties of Water
- Chemical Properties of Water
- Biological Parameters of Water
Methods of Disinfection:
- Introduction to Disinfection
- Minor Methods of Disinfection
- Basics of Chlorination
- Forms of Chlorination
- Types of Chlorination
- Chlorination Equipment
Theory of Filtration:
- Filter Media
- Slow Sand Filter: Gravity Filters
- Rapid Sand Filter: Gravity Filters
- Horizontal Pressure Filter
- Vertical Pressure Filter
- Pressure Sand Filter
- Multi Grade Filter
Activated Carbon Filter:
- Dual Media Filter
- Multi Media Filter
- Cartridge Filter
Surface Water Treatment Plant:
- Introduction SWTP Process
- Screening Part 01
- Aeration
- Coagulation and Flocculation Part 01
- Sedimentation
- Types of Sedimentation
- Clariflocculator and Settlers
- SWTP Process
Reverse Osmosis Plant:
- Introduction of Reverse Osmosis Plant
- Membrane Filtration
- Membrane Materials
- RO Membrane Modules
- RO Membrane Housing
- RO Membrane Fouling and Scaling
- Chemicals used in RO Plant
- Components and Specification of R O Plant
- RO Plant Process
- Cleaning of RO Membrane
Desalination Process:
- Introduction of Desalination Process
Who should attend?
Delegates may include Laboratory, Operational, Water Quality and Management staff working to treat water for potable consumption, to support their current role or future career. Participants may also be drawn from any area of business or service where an increased understanding of water treatment processes may impact on their decision-making and advance their professional skills in the water sector, such as water treatment consultants and regulatory officers.
Trainer Profile
Trevor Montgomery is a Director & EHS Consultant working for Montgomery EHS Ltd with over 25 years specialising in Wastewater and Odour / VOC Treatment. Trevor has completed third level courses in Dundalk IT, Sligo IT, UCC and UCD. Trevor has developed a range of biological scrubbers for Odour and VOC’s from a variety of Industries from Animal Slaughtering, Seaweed extraction, Fish Processing, Dairy Industry, etc. Trevor is employed by a number of companies as a retained consultancy for the design of wastewater treatment and odour management. Trevor has worked with an extensive list of companies such as Thermo Fisher, Bio-Marine Ingredients, College Group, Mega Group, Carton Bros, Aurivo Ingredients, Glanbia, Silver Hill Duck, Arrabawn, Tipperary Cooperative, Hydro International, Leprino Foods to name a few. Based in Limerick, Trevor has served on policy committees for local government and lectured at various universities. Trevor has delivered over 1000 training days on these topics (1 training day is when 1 person attends 1 course for 1 day).
Please contact the CPD Training Team for further information on scheduled course dates and In-Company options.